Prinses Astrid (1930) |
Later names: |
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HMS Prinses Astrid LSI(S)-4226 (1940-1946) |
Builder: |
Cockerill Yards Hoboken, Belgium |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Keel Laid: |
N/A |
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Year Built: |
1930 |
Launched: |
August 2, 1929 |
Type: |
Passenger |
Completed: |
April 1930 |
Fate: |
Sunk June 21, 1949 by left over WW2 mine. Location: English Channel, 3 miles off Dunkerque, France. (51.03N - 02.12E) 5 crewmen were killed, 218 passengers and 60 crew removed by SS Cap Hadid and landed at Dunkerque, France. (Roll of Honour) |
Owner |
Oostende-Dover Line (Belgian Government) Oostende, Belgium |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
359' 5" |
Engines: |
2 Werkspoor single reduction geared steam turbines |
Beam: |
47' 5" |
Boilers: |
6 water tube type 370 psi. (oil fired) |
Draft: |
10' |
Shafts: |
2 |
Gross Tons: |
3,083 |
HP: |
15,400 |
Displacement: |
N/A |
Speed: |
24 knots |
Crew: |
65 (207 wartime) |
Funnels: |
2 |
Passengers: |
1,400 (250 troops) |
Masts: |
2 |
History |
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May 1940: |
From Ostend to Southampton with refugees. |
Sept. 28, 1940: |
Requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted into an LCI(S) at Silley Cox, Falmouth. Pennant number LSI(S)-4226. |
Oct. 20, 1941: |
Collision with San Arcadio. |
July 7, 1942: |
Attacked in Solent by German Luftwaffe, damage limited to the afterdeck. |
Aug. 19, 1942: |
Raid on Dieppe. |
Feb. 23, 1943: |
To Invararay and Greenock. |
July 1943: |
Landings Sicily and Salerno. |
1943: |
North Africa. |
June 6, 1944: |
Landings at Normandy (Courseulles). |
Jan 1, 1945: |
Troop transport Tilbury-Ostend
troop transport Tilbury-Ostend. |
Jan 12, 1945: |
Landing St. Helier, Channel Islands as troop transport. |
July 1945: |
Troop transport under English flag to February 1946. |
Oct. 7, 1946: |
Returned to civilian service. |
July 22, 1949: |
Sank after hitting a mine 3 NM off Dunkerque, France. |
The information on this page was provided by Arne Pyson. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Aug. 10, 2008 |